Telegraph Prize Cryptic #31121

2025-12-27

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Across

1a

Chestnut horse bearing black foal? (4)

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3a

Pooch, pooch excited around noon, gets cut from rib (6,4)

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10a

Daughter deranged in market town (9)

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11a

Catholic type (5)

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12a

London attraction that exerts pull? (5)

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13a

At work, son may eye a fast buck (4,5)

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14a

Who is going to consume such kitchen waste? (8)

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16a

Painter captures alien in part one needs to see (6)

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24a

Elderly inside learn any silly Pink Floyd song (6,5)

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20a

Be left standing in Serbian city (8)

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22a

Leaderless soldiers overtake worker by the way (2,7)

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24a

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26a

Below among mainframe components? (5)

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27a

Distress great with bishop involved in shooting game (9)

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28a

Arts festival: see it anew following round in 3D? (10)

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29a

Indefinite number aboard punt leaning (4)

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Down

1d

Part secures device emptied behind washer (5)

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2d

Cool movement in transport for Beatles or Pink Floyd? (9)

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4d

Blanket a requirement in poor weather? (8)

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5d

Article by first believer (6)

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6d

Bird run over crossing motorway in German city (9)

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7d

Female embracing European male hunks (2-3)

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8d

Beatles song writer with new ending for My Way (5,4)

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9d

Cause trouble in prison (4)

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14d

Something held against war that's dragged on? (5,4)

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15d

Plant safe blown to bits? (9)

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17d

Where customs officers may search whatever happens? (2,3,4)

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18d

November routine changesno big thing (8)

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21d

Perverse Pierre dropping guts among patients (6)

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23d

Seabirds not featuring in advertisements (5)

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24d

Old instrument with which robber makes off, did you say? (4)

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25d

Chapter in story reversed brilliant success (5)

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